The are considered the best engineering brains in the country. And while they get the best education at subsidised rate, I am not sure if we are getting the best service from them.
From a national perspective, an IIT student that does not apply the skills learnt at the institution for the benefit of the country has been a dead investment. The course fees are just a fraction of what it is worth, and for that reason the nation expects a return on the investment. So when an IIT graduate begins to rue the state of the country which hinders his growth prospects and leaves the country for greener pastures, it seems right to expect a compensation.
I would consider a non IIT graduate serving in India more valuable than an IIT graduate working outside. And by extension, I would rather prefer the graduate willing to serve India get a seat in IIT.
Over the years the profile of India has changed. Gone are the days when India was considered a land of snakes, today we are the land of snakes and "the" middle class. So all those who ridiculed the snakes are now willing to accept the snakes for the sake of the profit that the middle class promises. This has meant that even IITs who abandoned the nation are faced with the prospect of having to return to their dispised land, for this is where the gold is. Ofcourse, it would seem fair if such gold diggers were called just that, but for some reason the Indian psyche wants to be bygones be bygones. This angers me. I consider these returnees as liabilities, since they are only preventing younger people from tasting success. By influencing the investment pattern they are only diverting the true Indian growth path, corrupting it.
India will be a global knowledge hub, this is as clear as day, and this will happen irrespective of the NRI IITians efforts. Trying to snatch the glory that awaits those nationalist engineers just smacks of opportunism.
As a PM I would like to bring in changes in the way subsidies are used. Govt aided institutions will have to take in students who affirm to spend some years within the country practiciing the skill they learnt with govt money. This is fair return on govt investment. Students are always free to pay the course fees at the real rates if they choose to be free from any such committment.
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